Rear Window

Rear Window1954

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 115 minutes

Like the Greenwich Village courtyard view from its titular portal, Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rear Window is both confined and multileveled: both its story and visual perspective are dictated by its protagonist's imprisonment in his apartment, conva… more »



Jeff:
Did you ever get shot at? Did you ever get run over? Did you ever get sandbagged at night because somebody got unfavorable publicity from your camera? Did you ever...those high-heels, they'll be great in the jungle and the nylons and those six ounce lingerie...

Lisa:
Three!

Jeff:
All right. Three! They'll make a big hit in Finland just before you freeze to death?

Lisa:
Well, if there's one thing I know, it's how to wear the proper clothes.

Jeff:
Yeah, yeah. Well try and find a raincoat in Brazil, even when it isn't raining. Lisa. In this job, you carry one suitcase, your home is the available transportation. You don't sleep very much, you bathe less, and sometimes the food that you eat is made from things that you couldn't even look at when they're alive.

Lisa:
Jeff, you don't have to be deliberately repulsive just to impress me I'm wrong.

Jeff:
Deliberately repulsive! I'm just trying to make it sound good. You just have to face it, Lisa, you're not meant for that kind of a life. Few people are.

Lisa:
You're too stubborn to argue with.

Jeff:
I'm not stubborn - I'm just truthful.

Lisa:
I know, a lesser man would have told me it was one long holiday - and I would have been awakened to a rude disillusionment.

Jeff:
Oh, well now, wait a minute. Now wait a minute. If you want to get vicious on this, I'll be very happy to accommodate you.

Lisa:
No, I don't particularly want that. [She rises and moves away.] So that's it. You won't stay here and I can't go with you.

Jeff:
It would be the wrong thing.

Lisa:
You don't think either one of us could ever change?

Jeff:
Right now, it doesn't seem so.

Lisa:
[preparing to leave] I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living. I'd just like to be part of it somehow. It's deflating to find out the only way I can be part of it is to take out a subscription to your magazine. I guess I'm not the girl I thought I was.

Jeff:
There's nothing wrong with you, Lisa. You've got this town in the palm of your hand.

Lisa:
Not quite it seems. Goodbye, Jeff. [She turns and starts for the doorway]

Jeff:
You mean, 'Good night.'

Lisa:
I mean what I said.

Jeff:
Well, Lisa, couldn't we just, uh, couldn't we just keep things status quo?

Lisa:
Without any future?

Jeff:
Well, when am I gonna see you again?

Lisa:
Not for a long time...[pause]...at least not until tomorrow night.

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